MariaDB taps GridGain to keep pace with AI-driven data demands

MariaDB, the company behind the open-source fork of MySQL, is planning to acquire in-memory computing middleware provider GridGain to bolster its platform for high-performance data and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. The database provider is planning to infuse its relational database with the California-headquartered startup’s in-memory technology, which it says will enable its database offerings to…

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What Anaconda’s Outerbounds Deal Says About Where AI Breaks

The recent move by Anaconda to acquire Outerbounds is aimed directly at a gap between experimentation and production, where workflows often fail to run consistently across environments. Instead of replacing existing tools, it introduces a layer that coordinates how workflows are defined, executed, and tracked. The goal is not just governance, but consistency. A way…

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Visual Studio adds GitHub Copilot unit testing for C#

Microsoft has made GitHub Copilot testing for .NET, a new capability in GitHub Copilot Chat that automates the testing of C# code, generally available in the just-released Visual Studio 2026 v18.3 IDE. Microsoft announced the capability on February 11. GitHub Copilot testing for .NET automates the creation, running, and testing of C# code for projects,…

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Oracle rejects request it give up control of MySQL

Oracle has formally refused to restructure control of the Community Edition of MySQL, following a request that it do so from a consortium of database companies providing forks of the database, and from MySQL users. The decision comes after the consortium’s major players, Percona and VillageSQL, met Oracle earlier this month to discuss the changes…

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